A vSphere cluster feature that places VMs and balances load across hosts. Veeam can create resource pools, for instance for virtual labs or restores, only where DRS is turned on.
Also called Distributed Resource Scheduler.
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In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains vSphere DRS in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- vSphere cluster
Hosts grouped and managed together by vCenter so their pooled resources can support vSAN, DRS and vSphere HA. In VCF, each such cluster belongs to a VCF domain.
- Virtual machines
Infrastructure-as-a-service compute giving complete control of the operating system, making it a fit for lift-and-shift moves and for software relying on OS-level pieces like COM.
- ELT
Extract, load, transform: raw data lands in the target system first and is transformed there. See ETL for the opposite order.
- CRUD
Shorthand for create, read, update and delete, the four basic things you do with data. Data-plane roles in Azure Cosmos DB, for instance, authorise those operations on items.
- WHERE
Limits a SELECT, UPDATE or DELETE to just the rows meeting a condition. Omit it, and the statement hits every row.
- DRS
The Default Rule Set, Microsoft's managed WAF rules that succeed OWASP CRS and defend against XSS, SQL injection and other frequent attacks. Single rules may be overridden or switched off.